My pattern calls for increases on the knit side which I have never had any problems with. But then it calls for increases on the purl side. This was the first time I've had to increase on the purl side so I watched the video on the site and thought I had it but now that I'm a few rows in I see the purl increases have left holes. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong.

I am knitting into the front and back of the stitch and purling into the front and back of stitch.

Jean Greenhowe recommends that you knit front and back, even on a purl row. I was looking through some of her pattern booklets for something that I made, but I can't find one where I've used this increase on a purl row.

I've frogged my piece and tried it again and again. It seems my kfb leaves a bar on my knit side. According to the instructions in the book I'm working out of it says to knit the back then the front so I did that and it seem to not have a bar on the knit side. But, then on the next purl row I have to do another increase in the same area and no matter how I do it, it leave a bar on the knit side. I've tried pfb and pbf but both leave a bar on the knit side.

Help

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